There were several heated moments and pointed jabs during the first 2024 presidential debate between President Biden and former President Trump on Thursday night. 

Discussing a variety of topics, including immigration and the border, the war in Israel, and abortion, the candidates managed to land some punches and challenge one another on their respective records. 

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Here are the top five moments from the presidential debate, which was hosted by CNN.

During the debate, Biden hit Trump over the various criminal cases he is involved in, including the New York trial that ended with Trump's conviction for falsifying business records. The records were related to alleged hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, who Trump allegedly had an affair with. However, Trump shot back at Biden, claiming, "I didn't have sex with a porn star."

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"He was so bad with Afghanistan," Trump claimed during the debate, calling it "such a horrible embarrassment." 

"He should have fired those generals like I fired the one that you mentioned, and so he's got no love lost, but he should have fired those generals," he added. "No general got fired for the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country, Afghanistan, where we left billions of dollars of equipment behind. We lost 13 beautiful soldiers and 38 soldiers were obliterated."

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The president slammed Trump's claims he could be prosecuted, brushing it off as "outrageous." 

"Joe could be a convicted felon with all of the things that he’s done," Trump claimed. 

 "This man is a criminal. This man — you’re lucky. You’re lucky. I did nothing wrong. We’d have a system that was rigged and disgusting. I did nothing wrong," he added. 

Biden shot back, "the idea that I did anything wrong is outrageous."

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Biden pushed back on Trump after the former president said he would allow late term abortions to occur.

"So that means he can take the life of the baby in the ninth month and even after birth? Because some states Democrat-run take it after birth. The former governor of Virginia: ‘put the baby down, then we decide what to do with it.’ So, he’s willing to, as we say, rip the baby out of the womb in the ninth month and kill the baby. Nobody wants that to happen — Democrat or Republican. Nobody wants that to happen," Trump said. 

But Biden claimed, "You’re lying. That is simply not true." 

According to the president, he is "not for a late-term abortion — period. Period." 

While discussing Israel's war with terrorist group Hamas in Gaza, Trump slammed Biden, who he said doesn't want to let Israel "finish the job."

"He’s become like a Palestinian, but they don’t like him because he’s a very bad Palestinian. He’s a weak one," he said. 

"I’ve never heard so much foolishness," Biden responded.

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Democrats wholeheartedly reacted favorably to President Biden's remarks on how he wants to tackle the economy, according to a focus group that offered their approval in real time during Thursday’s presidential debate, according to a Fox News Digital focus group. 

The group of Republicans, Democrats and Independents used dials to react live to the beginning of the debate where Biden argued that his economic record was not worse than former President Trump's.

"Let’s look at what I was left with when I became president. What Mr. Trump left me," Biden said. "We had an economy that was in freefall. The pandemic was so badly handled. Many people were dying." 

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"The economy collapsed. There were no jobs. The unemployment rate rose to 15%" added Biden. "We’re in a situation where if you take a look at all that was done in his administration, he didn’t do much at all. By the time he left, things were in chaos."

Democrats in the focus group agreed with the president, as opposed to Republicans and Independents, who went in the completely opposite direction. 

The Republicans in the focus group nearly unanimously disagreed with Biden’s view on the Trump economy. 

During the debate, both men sparred over inflation, with Biden saying Trump’s economy was so bad, there was no room for price increases that many Americans have had to live with in the past few years. 

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Democrats also agreed with Biden’s criticism of Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Approval by Republicans and Independents trended downward.

Independents, however, seemed to agree somewhat when Biden said he wanted to cap "corporate greed" to lower prices of necessities like gas, groceries, prescription drugs  and housing. 

"There’s more to be done," he said. "Working-class people are still in trouble. The combination that I was left with and corporate is the reason why we’re in this problem right now."

"We’re working to bring down the price around the kitchen table and that’s what we’re going to get done," he added.